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title: "CVE-2012-5159\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-5159

Publication date 25 September 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**High**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

phpMyAdmin 3.5.2.2, as distributed by the cdnetworks-kr-1 mirror during an
unspecified time frame in 2012, contains an externally introduced
modification (Trojan Horse) in server\_sync.php, which allows remote
attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via an eval injection attack.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5159?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| phpmyadmin | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [seth-arnold](https://launchpad.net/~seth-arnold)

Only a specific version was trojaned; we don't ship that version

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5159)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5159)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-5159)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5159)

### Other references

* <http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2012-5.php>
* <http://sourceforge.net/blog/phpmyadmin-back-door/>
* <http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q3/562>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5159>